Construction employment increased in just half the states plus the District of Columbia from June 2011 to June 2012, but declined in a slim majority of states in the past month, according to an analysis of Labor Department data by the ...
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BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) has unveiled its new range of PlayBooks, with the devices being launched in Canada on 9 August, followed by rollouts in the US, Europe, South Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. Like the ...
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Nokia shipped 10.2 million smartphones in the second quarter of 2012 – 39% less than the same period last year. The company reported its results for Q2 today, which revealed only four million of the 10 million handsets sold were ...
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British Columbia's independent forest practices watchdog says future timber supplies in the province are at stake and the Liberal government needs to get moving on management plans for pine beetle and fire damaged forests. A Forest ...
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HP is braced for massive job losses next week.Reports say that 8-10%of the workforce,representing 25-30,000 people,could be laid off or offered early retirement. Meg Whitman,HP CEO,who tried and failed to become the Governor of ...
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The Forest Wood Industry is aiming to triple its roughly $4.5 billion export market over the next decade, led by the development of stronger timber products that are more resistant to earthquake damage. About 70% of forest production is ...
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The Timber and Woodworkers Union (TWU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has raised concern about the frequent power cuts which, it says, is badly hurting the timber and wood industry. Frequent outages and power surges, the Union observed, ...
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MISSOULA- A new study performed by the University of Montana's Bureau of Business and Economic Research shows that 2011 wasn't a very good year for the forest products industry in the Treasure State. The industry saw a big drop during the ...
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The lighting arm of the business grew 7 per cent,bolstered by 32 per cent growth in LED sales Philips has announced a cost reduction programme that will include 4,500 job losses.The company made the announcement after registering a fall ...
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The lighting arm of the business grew 7 per cent,bolstered by 32 per cent growth in LED sales Philips has announced a cost reduction programme that will include 4,500 job losses.The company made the announcement after registering a ...
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AkzoNobel Powder Coatings Europe West will increase prices between 8.5 and 19 percent. This rise is in response to continued shortages in raw material supplies and the associated increase in raw material costs. Gordon MacLeman, managing ...
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